TY - BOOK AU - O'Hanlon,Michael E. TI - Defense 101: understanding the military of today and tomorrow SN - 9781501754487 AV - UA23 .O327 2021 U1 - 355.00973 23 PY - 2021/// CY - Ithaca, New York PB - Cornell University Press KW - United States KW - Defenses KW - Armed Forces KW - Military policy N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : A Primer on the US Military Machine -- Defense Budgeting and Resource Allocation -- Gaming and Modeling Combat -- Technological Change and Military Innovation -- Space, Missile Defense, and Nuclear Weapons : Three Case Studies in the Science of War N2 - "Defense 101 is a primer about the US armed forces of today and tomorrow, including their people, technology, and budgets. It is also a methodological textbook on how to understand and predict outcomes in combat and other major military operations"-- ER -